Method of and apparatus for removing wall-paper from the hanging-up machine



(No Model.)

T. HENRY.

METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING WALL PAPERFROM THE HANGING UPMACHINE-A No. 246,389; PaJtented Aug. 30,1881.

FIHI' WITNESSES INVENTOR ATTORNEY UNITE STATES PA ENT OFFICE.

THOMAS HENRY, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING WALL-PAPER FROM THE HANGING-UPMACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 246,389, dated August30, 188].

Application filed May 31, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, THOMAS HENRY, a citizenof the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMethods of and Apparatus for Bemoving Wall-Paper from the Han ging-UpMachine; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same, refererencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Myinvention relates to an improved method of and apparatus for removingwall-paper, &c., from the hanging-up machine.

Heretofore it has been customary for the paper to be left upon thehanging-up machine until dry, which involves excessive apparatus androom, or to be removed from the machine by attendants, one festoon at atime, making it a slow and expensive way of manipulation, oftenresulting in great damage or even total loss of the paper while beingremoved.

By my improved device I am enabled to remove a large number of festoonssimultaneously and in the samerelative position which they occupy in thehanging-up machine, thus dispensing with considerable machineryheretofore employed, effecting a great saving in room and time, andpreventing the damage to the paper consequent upon the old method ofhandling.

The devices which I employ consist of a car which can be moved upon asuitable track over the paper, a rack which can be placed upon andremoved from the car by means of adjustable depending arms which form apart of said car, and means for raising and guiding the rack to itsposition on the car. These devices are combined and operated as will bemore fully hereinafter explained.

In the drawings, Figure lis a side elevation of my improved apparatus,showing the rack placed upon the floor under the hanging-up machine, andalso in its position upon the car. Fig.2 is a transverse section on theline or w of Fig. 1, and showing in dotted lines the position of thecarrying sticks and paper on the each end of the rack.

(N0 model.)

car. Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the dey pending arms of the car.

a a are pulleys or sprocket-wheels, operated by suitable gearing andmounted upon hangers a a, secured upon frames a a hung from the ceiling.Upon these pulleys or sprocket-wheels a a endless bands or link beltstravel, which are supported between the pulleys upon rests b I), hungfrom the ceiling upon supports b b. These endless bands or link beltscarry the sticks which support the festoons b of paper as they are fedfrom the printing or groundin g machine.

The car is shown at c c, and is adapted to be moved along the track 0 0over the hanging-up machine by means of wheels 0 0 mounted upon suitableaxles. The depending arms 0 at each end of the car are hinged to the topframe, so as to be capable of an outward-swinging movement, and when sodisplaced are returned to their normal position by means of springs 0 orin lieu thereof a spring-hinge may be employed.

(1 is a rack, which, when in position on the car, rests upon shouldersor catches c on the lower ends of the depending arms 0 of the car. Therack d is lifted from the floor into position upon the car by means ofcords e e, which pass over suitable pulleys secured to the ceiling, saidcords being attached to loops 6 at These loops 6 are detachably securedupon hooks on the end of the rack, but they may be permanently securedto the rack, in which event the cords 6 must be detachably secured tothe loops. The cords e e are further secured to a cord, f, which passesover a pulley secured upon the ceiling, at one side of the hanging-upmachine, to allow of easy manipulation by the attendant. The upwardmovement of the rack is further controlled by suitable guides, g, whichserve to retain it in a horizontal position. To prevent longitudinaldisplacement of the rack in its up tween the guides and the cordsconnected thereto. The rack is then lifted by means of the cords andpulleys, and in its upward movement lifts the sticks carrying thefestoons of paper from oft the endless band or link-belt upon which theyrest without changing their relative position. hen the rack reaches thehinged depending arms of the car it pushes them outward, allowing theends of the rack to pass. The arms then assume their normal position bythe action of the springs, and catch and retain the rack, with itsfestoons of paper thereon, imposition upon the car, as shown in dottedlines in Fig. 2. The lifting-cords are then detached from the car, andit is pushed along its track away from the hanging-up machine to thepoint desired.

It is obvious that the rack may be operated in other equivalent ways orby hand without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim 1. The improved method of removing festoons ofwall-paper fromahanging-up machine, consisting in placing a rack in position below thepaper to be removed, lifting said rack in suitable guides to and upon acar which has been previously placed in position over the paper, thesticks carrying the festoons being removed from off the endless band(upon which they rest) without change of relative position in the upwardinoveinentot' the rack, and then moving the ca r, with the paper placedthereon, to the point desired, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a device for removing wall-paper from a hanging-up machine, thecombination, with a car provided with adjustable depending arms, of arack for removing the paper, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a device for removing wall-paper from a hanging-up machine, thecombination, with a car provided with adjustable depending arms, of arack provided with suitable means for raising it to its position on thecar, substantially as shown and described.

4. In a device for removing wall-paper from a hanging-up machine, thecombination, with a car provided with adjustable depending arms, of arack provided with suitable means for raising it to its position on thecar and guides for controlling its upward movement, substantially asshown and described.

5. The car provided with adjustable depending arms, adapted, as shown,to catch and retain the rack for transferring paper, substantially asshown and described.

6. A rack for transferring wallpaper, in combination with a system ofcords and pulleys for raising it and suitable guides for controlling itsupward movement, substantially as shown and described.

THOMAS H ENRY.

\Vitnesses:

HENRY H. SEYMOUR, Units H. ANDREWS.

